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the use of city resources could violate state law. the ethics commission tells ktvu it has yet to determine if it will move forward with an investigation. >>> back now to our continuing coverage of the aftermath of that storm back east. at this hour, more bay area volunteers are headed out to help. ktvu's maureen naylor is live at mineta san jose international airport, and tells us, just getting back east is the first challenge. >> reporter: right now, a red cross volunteer is on a plane here, set to take off for the east coast, less than 10 minutes from now. we also have photos from a bay area woman in the hardest hit area. with a parting hug this halloween night, this 30-year- old from san jose is headed somewhere where the holiday is on hold after a real fright. >> a lot of people who are really devastated by what's happened, and don't know what to do, they're going to be looking for help. >> reporter: with some flights canceled, she plans to fly to philadelphia, and drive to new york. >> i was looking at google maps earlier, tryin
the use of city resources could violate state law. the ethics commission tells ktvu it has yet to determine if it will move forward with an investigation. >>> back now to our continuing coverage of the aftermath of that storm back east. at this hour, more bay area volunteers are headed out to help. ktvu's maureen naylor is live at mineta san jose international airport, and tells us, just getting back east is the first challenge. >> reporter: right now, a red cross volunteer is on...
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we were in court today as a south bay school principal faces allegations of violating a california law that requires certain people to report possible child molestation. >> reporter: a elementary school principal went on trial today at this courthouse. he is charged with failing to report a teacher who may have molested a student a year ago. that teacher is a waiting trial. an 8-year-old who took the stand said that she told the principal that chandler had blind folded her and touched her. >> her duty is to report, not investigate. once she has a suspicious she needs to call the police. >> reporter: detectives took the stand today and testified that they acknowledged her notes indicated misconduct. >> she said the notes look bad don't they? and the detective said yes. >> she said i should have called the police. >> reporter: the attorney said that the principal was fooled by a teacher she trusted. >> she didn't have to ask him or prompt him. each of the things that the child had said were covered by the statement that the teacher gave and were explained as part of a lesson and it was c
we were in court today as a south bay school principal faces allegations of violating a california law that requires certain people to report possible child molestation. >> reporter: a elementary school principal went on trial today at this courthouse. he is charged with failing to report a teacher who may have molested a student a year ago. that teacher is a waiting trial. an 8-year-old who took the stand said that she told the principal that chandler had blind folded her and touched...
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the september 29th fire destroyed much of davis's law office. family members said that love suffer from mental illness. >> the vp hit the campaign trail in florida telling supporters that a romney presidenty would be bad news for women. >> imagine, imagine what the 40 years of progress, women have made in that country would -- what happened to it after four years of the romney appointed supreme court. >> reporter: the vice president held a rally in sarasota. he said he hopes after the election the country will pull together as they have in the response to sandy. biden also stopped at a diner, shaking hands and posing for pictures. >>> romney also campaigned in florida today holding three rallies in that state. >> with 23 million americans, you think about -- these are real people, these are folks trying to put food on the table. 23million struggling to find a good job. >> he appeared in tampa alongside rubio and jeb bush. he criticized the president's economic polesis noting as you heard a moment ago that 23 million americans are currently looki
the september 29th fire destroyed much of davis's law office. family members said that love suffer from mental illness. >> the vp hit the campaign trail in florida telling supporters that a romney presidenty would be bad news for women. >> imagine, imagine what the 40 years of progress, women have made in that country would -- what happened to it after four years of the romney appointed supreme court. >> reporter: the vice president held a rally in sarasota. he said he hopes...
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pittsburgh juvenile law is assigned to diaz and in january the courthouse will be shut down and cases will be transferred to walnut creek. >>> it is the start of spare the air alert. over the next four months, weather conditions will create concerns about air pollution. it is the largest source and a record 15 spare the air alerts were issued last winter. >>> well there was an indoor alert, a fog machine went off during the houston rockets. nobody was hurt and palo alto natives, jeremy lynn had 12 points and the rock cots won -- rockets won 195-96. >>> how is it in the south bay? >> well, it's okay we are looking at the 280 interchange with 880 and they are using that to get to the west santa clara valley and this is north downtown and traffic is moving along okay. there is a little bit of wet weather and either it just rained or it is raining now you can tell by how wet the roads are and steve will talk about that in just a moment. we had an earlier crash and on highway 4, we already have that traffic heading for pittsburgh. let's go to steve. >>> we have the rain moving through disc
pittsburgh juvenile law is assigned to diaz and in january the courthouse will be shut down and cases will be transferred to walnut creek. >>> it is the start of spare the air alert. over the next four months, weather conditions will create concerns about air pollution. it is the largest source and a record 15 spare the air alerts were issued last winter. >>> well there was an indoor alert, a fog machine went off during the houston rockets. nobody was hurt and palo alto...
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next month pittsburgh's juvenile law court will be closed. in january the concord courthouse will be shut down. >>> attorneys for boston gangster will be in court to ask for a delay. he faces a long list of charges but he said the government promised him immunity for his work informing. he was arrested last year after being on the run for 16 years. his trial is set to start in march but his attorneys want it delayed until next november saying they need more time to prepare. >>> another court hearing scheduled today for the tina teen accused of attempted murder. the judge ruled that max wade will have to stand trial. wade's alleged crime spree started last year when police say he stole a chef's car and then in april he fired shots at two teens causing minor injuries. >> new this morning from los angeles, four people shot on the usc campus outside of a halloween party. what happened and whether any students were involved in this. >> reporter: let me tell you, no students were involved. they are telling us neither the suspects nor the victims we
next month pittsburgh's juvenile law court will be closed. in january the concord courthouse will be shut down. >>> attorneys for boston gangster will be in court to ask for a delay. he faces a long list of charges but he said the government promised him immunity for his work informing. he was arrested last year after being on the run for 16 years. his trial is set to start in march but his attorneys want it delayed until next november saying they need more time to prepare....
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i think clearly under the law appear to be protected. whether or not we want to ask and whether or not miss herrick is willing to review the ethics commission file to determine whether there are some non-privileged communications, i would be open to a discussion about that. >> as i legal matter i don't think that it is a close call with respect to the investigative file. >> i would agree with that. so the only question is whether in her review, whether she should actually... if we are going to ask her to review the file, to see whether there are any non-privileged documents. i agree that with respect to the analysis, that it is sound and that would be, i think, these, the documents would be privileged and it is another question about whether someone should actually review it to see if there is anything that was non-privileged that should have been turned over. >> yeah, basically correspondence between the two entities. >> right. >> so you are inviting a motion with respect to the controller's office documents? to wrap that up and the pos
i think clearly under the law appear to be protected. whether or not we want to ask and whether or not miss herrick is willing to review the ethics commission file to determine whether there are some non-privileged communications, i would be open to a discussion about that. >> as i legal matter i don't think that it is a close call with respect to the investigative file. >> i would agree with that. so the only question is whether in her review, whether she should actually... if we...
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the third one was the utilization of law enforcement resources. we see that with marijuana and other drugs and by in large they say let the cops focus on real crime, predator crimes, violent crimes, not prioritize the simple ones. [applause] >> i want to give everyone on the panel one last chance to make any closing remarks. >> realignment was a good sign public sentiment has changed. the polls out there, the public wants accountability but sensible accountability, and i think 1506 gives us that. and i think the comment was made in each of the economies but in fact what we found, when you have realignment, all 58 counties deciding what to do, if we just look at the incarceration rates across each of the counties, fresno, like county, population demographics to san francisco. and it's a law that impacts on a statewide basis is more sensible than leaving it up to each county because then you'll end up with 58 different styles and methods of criminal justice. >> tal? >> i'm the public defender and it's my job to push the envelope. it's one thing to t
the third one was the utilization of law enforcement resources. we see that with marijuana and other drugs and by in large they say let the cops focus on real crime, predator crimes, violent crimes, not prioritize the simple ones. [applause] >> i want to give everyone on the panel one last chance to make any closing remarks. >> realignment was a good sign public sentiment has changed. the polls out there, the public wants accountability but sensible accountability, and i think 1506...
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what does the law do now? >> it allows the person, the same as i did when they find out that they have been discriminated against and they're still getting a check they have 180 days in any state in this country to file a charge with an t equal employment commission. >> stephen: how does it feel to be famous for righting what you see as an injustice? >> it's quite an awesome responsibility because, as i told the president when he signed that bill and it's named for me i feel that i need to get out into the country and the world, in fact, and share my story because what happened to me i don't want to happen to any other american family. because this goes on for the rest of your life. it's not just my pay, my overtime pay that my children and family had to do without but stephen, this goes on into my retirement now and i became a widow in 2008 and now when my retirement checks go in the bank i get 40% less than i should. and it's extremely hard to make ends meet. and i'm just the tip of the iceberg. the united s
what does the law do now? >> it allows the person, the same as i did when they find out that they have been discriminated against and they're still getting a check they have 180 days in any state in this country to file a charge with an t equal employment commission. >> stephen: how does it feel to be famous for righting what you see as an injustice? >> it's quite an awesome responsibility because, as i told the president when he signed that bill and it's named for me i feel...
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commons at the moment they also have a majority in the senate are upper house there so i mean this law is going to pass there's nothing stopping it now but i think what it comes down to is that people are looking at this in a response of not only the stanley cup hockey match that happened about a year or a year and a half ago two years ago where a banker ended up losing and fans are going outside rioting on the streets may cost millions and millions of dollars of damage in the streets of downtown vancouver and i mean that besides that i think also what it comes down to is that there's been more pressure pressure for this bill to go forward because of the student protests that have been happening in montreal and across can back up during the anti tuition hike movement that happened within the last few months so i mean that's really the sort of sentiment here is that this bill was needed in a sense and there are a lot of people who oppose it especially members and members of parliament who are members of the opposition but i mean there has been much outcry in terms of people being agains
commons at the moment they also have a majority in the senate are upper house there so i mean this law is going to pass there's nothing stopping it now but i think what it comes down to is that people are looking at this in a response of not only the stanley cup hockey match that happened about a year or a year and a half ago two years ago where a banker ended up losing and fans are going outside rioting on the streets may cost millions and millions of dollars of damage in the streets of...
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when they were called out for breaking the law, they collaborated to break the law that granted citizens and residents oversight to their activities. the retaliation they deliberately vote today remove the sunshine ordinance task force only physically disabled member. even though they offered to stay on the task force until they successor could be found. the sunshine ordinance task force has a mandate that one member must be physically disabled at all times. they deliberately voted to remove the only physically disabled member of the task force, and the removal of this person was the dismantling of the sunshine task force. as a result, the sunshine task force could not perform their duties. it has been five months since the sunshine ordinance task force has met. when the six supervisors voted to remove the physically disabled person from the task force, two felonies were committed. they were obstruction of justice and felony perjury. sunshine ordinance section 67.36, the sunshine ordinance shall supersede all local law. the sunshine ordinance provides the residents a check and balance wa
when they were called out for breaking the law, they collaborated to break the law that granted citizens and residents oversight to their activities. the retaliation they deliberately vote today remove the sunshine ordinance task force only physically disabled member. even though they offered to stay on the task force until they successor could be found. the sunshine ordinance task force has a mandate that one member must be physically disabled at all times. they deliberately voted to remove...
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we need to enact laura's law and mr. dufty is working on that and finding housing for these individuals but not to keep going back to the economy but one solution is improve the economy so we can improve these people's lives. thank you. >> thank you. >> l the homeless problem it's very, very interesting because you know some cities don't -- i think one of the reasons we do have a problem is because of the wonderful social services that we have here in this city and unfortunately as someone who has sat on several committees it's disheartening that just across the east bay, even if you go to oakland, it changes drastically and i think it's one of the reasons people come to san francisco. do they all live here? absolutely not. and i think we have to get tough with this issue and the housing authority truly needs some restructuring, so that they can do their mandate which is to house people because that's another issue, but there is money missing there, so i think we have to be tough with that and it's like tough love but be
we need to enact laura's law and mr. dufty is working on that and finding housing for these individuals but not to keep going back to the economy but one solution is improve the economy so we can improve these people's lives. thank you. >> thank you. >> l the homeless problem it's very, very interesting because you know some cities don't -- i think one of the reasons we do have a problem is because of the wonderful social services that we have here in this city and unfortunately as...
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that you want the law to be applied. it is not black and white. and it is something that the sunshine ordinance itself says whenever there is a conflict or there are two paths to go down, that the voters prefer to go down the path that leads to the most open government. thank you. >> i work for laguna honda before i was driven out of there (inaudible). i want to under score what dr. kerr said about the fact that you all have the responsibility to deal with whistle blower realtation, and the events are very important in society and clearly you are finding of no whistle blower retaliation when the government project finds that the vast majority are retaliated against, begs the question as to whether you guys are doing what you are supposed to be doing, thank you. >> next, item on the agenda, is the discussion and action on ethics complaint 08110816 and 09110816, alleging that executive director john st croix and tonia lediju willfully violated the sunshine ordinance. i understand that we can get or have got lisa from san j
that you want the law to be applied. it is not black and white. and it is something that the sunshine ordinance itself says whenever there is a conflict or there are two paths to go down, that the voters prefer to go down the path that leads to the most open government. thank you. >> i work for laguna honda before i was driven out of there (inaudible). i want to under score what dr. kerr said about the fact that you all have the responsibility to deal with whistle blower realtation, and...
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records access laws. my complaint involves that the sunshine task force and and the public records access issues, not ethics laws so starting with mr. croix who submitted documents early on in the process and the fourth page set of citations that the city controller issued all focused quite heavily on 699-13. with you all forgetting that citation doesn't apply to public access records law. and all along the defense in stalling production of the records that i have asked for, has hindged on the wrong application of ethics laws to a public records case. it has been noted that a narrow construction of 699-13 compels, the conclusion that it applies only to ethics laws. >> mr. shaw, can i ask you a question about that? >> i may defer my answer to mr. grossman who is the expert on this, if you don't mind, because unlike you, sir, i am not a lawyer. >> okay. my question is, i am not sure that i quite understand, it seems like apple and oranges. i mean, my understanding... let me ask my question and you can answe
records access laws. my complaint involves that the sunshine task force and and the public records access issues, not ethics laws so starting with mr. croix who submitted documents early on in the process and the fourth page set of citations that the city controller issued all focused quite heavily on 699-13. with you all forgetting that citation doesn't apply to public access records law. and all along the defense in stalling production of the records that i have asked for, has hindged on the...
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and i saw the beginnings of the current law. there are civil rights laws. there is nothing wrong with that, except that the idea was you just get them back on the streets and they're all going to get well. you get them out of the state hospitals, they're all going to get well. well, first of all, they can't handle their medication. they can't handle treatment. they have to be put in a ward or they have to be put under laura's law where their medication is supervised. if you're going to give them a chance to live. and the people who aren't treated are the people who self-medicate and they have a major portion of the street drug clients. they're the people who self-medicate on alcohol. and when i was putting together two major programs in berkeley which were teleconferencing [speaker not understood] berkeley and ucsf on mental health and public policy and mental health and law, and you can look at those programs by going to mental health law symposium, all of them together on the web and see what those people said. and the last putting together, willie brown,
and i saw the beginnings of the current law. there are civil rights laws. there is nothing wrong with that, except that the idea was you just get them back on the streets and they're all going to get well. you get them out of the state hospitals, they're all going to get well. well, first of all, they can't handle their medication. they can't handle treatment. they have to be put in a ward or they have to be put under laura's law where their medication is supervised. if you're going to give...
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but does it make us a law enforcement entity, given our responsibility to enforce particular laws, some of which have no one else to enforce them? that is a legal question that i would be interested from hearing from miss herrick on that one. >> certainly, so i would not call the ethics commission a law enforcement agency under 6254 f, typically that it does reply on the police agency and fire departments when they are doing arson investigations for example, may be law enforcement agencies... i don't... i don't recall seeing that anywhere in the materials, a reliance on 6254 f, i did not rely on 6254 f. there are other state laws that protect the disclosure of confidential information in the government code 6276 and 6276.32, which are part of the public records act, as well as the government code section that the controller's office relies on in terms of the protection of the whistle blower complaints and that is government code section 53087.6. so while i agree, with mr. shaw that the reliance on 6254 f of the government code would not be appropriate, there are other code sections that
but does it make us a law enforcement entity, given our responsibility to enforce particular laws, some of which have no one else to enforce them? that is a legal question that i would be interested from hearing from miss herrick on that one. >> certainly, so i would not call the ethics commission a law enforcement agency under 6254 f, typically that it does reply on the police agency and fire departments when they are doing arson investigations for example, may be law enforcement...
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i believe in the natural law from john stewart mill and other philosophers that our rights do not flow from the government, the government's rights and the government's rights flow from the citizens. and so the government should have as limited a scope as possible, not and interfere with business and not interfere with our privacy and not spy on us and generally keep the public order and that is about it. >> thank you, so following up on that one of those things that the government is involved in right now is the educational system. and california used to have an education system that was the envy of the nation. how do you feel we get that back? >> well, it is a tragedy that what used to be one of the top systems in the country is now i think, 47th according to a recent standard that i saw. the senator and folks in his party in sacramento believe that spending more is the answer. that is clearly not the case. i think that los angeles county they spent $9,000 per student in public school system. the average cost of private school $6,000. i support the voucher system that allow the paren
i believe in the natural law from john stewart mill and other philosophers that our rights do not flow from the government, the government's rights and the government's rights flow from the citizens. and so the government should have as limited a scope as possible, not and interfere with business and not interfere with our privacy and not spy on us and generally keep the public order and that is about it. >> thank you, so following up on that one of those things that the government is...
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the law has a bright line. it says if you engage in a wongful action, there is a defense called the insanity defense which never works as most of us know because we don't recognize it. should we recognize it, that's an interesting question. should we have a more robust concept of diminished responsibility in light of the understanding that some people have less control over their preferences and desires or should we have better sentencing schemes or get rid of incarceration and come up with different models of trying to deal with punishment once we understand people have wrong selections. i think those are all interesting questions, but is there free will? well, the fact that almost everybody in the audience raised either their right or
the law has a bright line. it says if you engage in a wongful action, there is a defense called the insanity defense which never works as most of us know because we don't recognize it. should we recognize it, that's an interesting question. should we have a more robust concept of diminished responsibility in light of the understanding that some people have less control over their preferences and desires or should we have better sentencing schemes or get rid of incarceration and come up with...
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you said mitch katz convinced you laura's law was wrong. laura's law works. nevada shows, city of new york with kendra's law shows that kendra's law can and will save lives. it gives the police a tool so that people can be treated instead of jailed. and your mental health court in san francisco proves it. i think that all of you would do well to attend the graduation ceremonies and see the people who have been treated and rehabilitated. dr. peter [speaker not understood] described mental illness, it is a physically-based illness, a disability of the brain and the person. unless the person is defeated -- unless that person is treated, they will be defeated, for r
you said mitch katz convinced you laura's law was wrong. laura's law works. nevada shows, city of new york with kendra's law shows that kendra's law can and will save lives. it gives the police a tool so that people can be treated instead of jailed. and your mental health court in san francisco proves it. i think that all of you would do well to attend the graduation ceremonies and see the people who have been treated and rehabilitated. dr. peter [speaker not understood] described mental...
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we're going to challenge those laws." >> ryssdal: and they did. wtp sued to strike down montana's 100-year-old corrupt practices act. this was a case that you argued personally. steve bullock is the state attorney general. what does this case mean though for montana specifically? >> it was over 100 years ago. it was l906, in a local newspaper that said the greatest living issue confronting us today is whether the corporations shall control the people or the people shall control the corporations. we did have a history of really corporate dominance in all of our electoral processes, and montanans took it back. it was average people that came together and said, "no, we want to make sure that individuals are deciding who represents us and not large interests." >> this is western traditions partnership vs. attorney general of the state of montana. >> ryssdal: what the case turned into, though, was montana openly challenging the u.s. supreme court over citizens united. remember, citizens allowed outside groups to spend unlimited amounts of money indepen
we're going to challenge those laws." >> ryssdal: and they did. wtp sued to strike down montana's 100-year-old corrupt practices act. this was a case that you argued personally. steve bullock is the state attorney general. what does this case mean though for montana specifically? >> it was over 100 years ago. it was l906, in a local newspaper that said the greatest living issue confronting us today is whether the corporations shall control the people or the people shall control...
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this is not to give the law- enforcement a short shrift. i have had an impact on my husband's life, some of the unwanted. but he has had an impact on mind. i have done extensive work with law enforcement, with the lapd and the los angeles county sheriff's. i am here to tell you that crime has been driven down in los angeles because of their efforts, but not only because of their efforts. so what does the collaboration look like. i want you to keep some ideas in mind. there is no first among equals. what we learned in los angeles was that oppression alone was not the answer. it did not work. there were record highs in gang violence in 2005. i want to tell you what has happened between 2005 and 2012. number one, the grass roots -- the disorganize, fragmented, passionate grass roots must be part of this. the community members who go to county supervisors meetings, the members who pass out fliers, the youths who have been in the juvenile justice system that are now part of the coalition -- those individuals must have a seat at the table. no. 2.
this is not to give the law- enforcement a short shrift. i have had an impact on my husband's life, some of the unwanted. but he has had an impact on mind. i have done extensive work with law enforcement, with the lapd and the los angeles county sheriff's. i am here to tell you that crime has been driven down in los angeles because of their efforts, but not only because of their efforts. so what does the collaboration look like. i want you to keep some ideas in mind. there is no first among...
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so now we have, and again, the law uses science for the law's own purposes, but what is problematic here is the disconnect. from the criminal side, if you lack emotional control, you go to prison because you can't win under the test because the test doesn't apply. when you walk out of prison and you lack emotional control, you get civilly committed. so what we have is a fundamental disconnect between how we view philosophy of free will and human control on the criminal side versus the civil side and not surprisingly on both sides "the state wins" because on the criminal side you go to prison and on the civil side, you get incarcerated civilly. >> i don't think that's much of a disconnect. i think -- so i agree with you the test has changed. that's not what i'm talking about. if you look at the kind of distribution of behavior, right, if we think the people at the high end of the distribution have perfect control of their impulses and perfect control over acting on their preferences. i like chocolate cake but it gives me migraines. i try not to have it because it tends to trigger if. mayb
so now we have, and again, the law uses science for the law's own purposes, but what is problematic here is the disconnect. from the criminal side, if you lack emotional control, you go to prison because you can't win under the test because the test doesn't apply. when you walk out of prison and you lack emotional control, you get civilly committed. so what we have is a fundamental disconnect between how we view philosophy of free will and human control on the criminal side versus the civil...
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enabler this body has been, it enables city bodies and personnel to evade their daoulties under the law and to hide that from public scrutiny. the whistle blower laws are not be used to protect the whistle blower but to protect the target. they are being used to hide the true facts of the investigation and to allow the city agency and employees to evade their actions. they hide the extent and the validity of the investigative process used by the ethics staff and the public records law are always intended to disclose rather than conceal public matters. instead these laws are purposefully misinterpreted to protect the agencies in question but also the ethics staff. as far as you not having a conflict of interest, let's look at the arts commission when they got the report from the civil grand jury that listed what they had done, including spending $300,000 on things that they had no legal authority to do so. charging fees, that they had no legal authority and fire the cultural director and replace the head of the commission. the bottom line is if you were a commission and you were in charg
enabler this body has been, it enables city bodies and personnel to evade their daoulties under the law and to hide that from public scrutiny. the whistle blower laws are not be used to protect the whistle blower but to protect the target. they are being used to hide the true facts of the investigation and to allow the city agency and employees to evade their actions. they hide the extent and the validity of the investigative process used by the ethics staff and the public records law are...
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story now greek reporter and editor cost us vaxevanis is facing a trial charged with breaching privacy laws they saw after he published the so-called lagarde list containing the names of wealthy greeks with secret swiss bank accounts and for monday so now across live to ask a contributor ironies i could do it in first good morning ari nice to see you so do tell us more about the trial of course suspects have on this. good morning first of all where outside the main headquarters of greek. greek the journalists who work at the republic than a resume are on strike called the twenty four hours we talk about this later on about what savan is now he faces court today. now he should be at the court and we expect to see what is going to happen they say that he has violated the privacy laws for publishing the names. overseas deposit tours and the main problem is that even though the greek government this one the past one when mr mckibben been was finance minister had god how did this lease the lease a la garde place as it is called he gave it to nobody and he told no couple days ago he told that he
story now greek reporter and editor cost us vaxevanis is facing a trial charged with breaching privacy laws they saw after he published the so-called lagarde list containing the names of wealthy greeks with secret swiss bank accounts and for monday so now across live to ask a contributor ironies i could do it in first good morning ari nice to see you so do tell us more about the trial of course suspects have on this. good morning first of all where outside the main headquarters of greek. greek...
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in the million jobs catastrophe twenty five people are dead already because of that unsophisticated law way of thinking and mitt is directly responsible when you follow this case and drill down on the facts of this case so what does this say about this whole conservative and libertarian minded view that the there's this magical thing called the free market and if you just stay away from it it'll regulate itself and everything will be wonderful and you know the food will be safe and the drugs will be purer and and i guess just like it was in one thousand nine hundred. well this is this is a perfect example this is a situation where you had a corrupt c.e.o. of the massachusetts compound in company that committed fraud ok that it was out out now fraud it was reckless disregard for human life and in the way that he ran his drug company and here's how mitt allowed it to happen here's what happens every time you let the free market to go and regulate this is that this is a perfect example he first of all this is a friend of mitt's this is a friend who was a campaign contributor and he let the
in the million jobs catastrophe twenty five people are dead already because of that unsophisticated law way of thinking and mitt is directly responsible when you follow this case and drill down on the facts of this case so what does this say about this whole conservative and libertarian minded view that the there's this magical thing called the free market and if you just stay away from it it'll regulate itself and everything will be wonderful and you know the food will be safe and the drugs...
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, i read you the law earlier. we are talking about constitutionally protected politically free speech. mr. st. croix takes that free speech out of the official record, appends it somewhere else and in the place of where it lawfully should appear. substitute his approved censored version of our comments, anyone can read these minutes and see that what i said and what mr. st. croix says that i said are not the same. i am censored as are other members of the public. i continue this... to continue this, the ethics commission must show a compelling state interest. if you try to take what a member of the public says and their free speech is protected in its writing and its publication in the government document. mr. st. croix does not like what members of the public have to say, and wants to retain the ability to marginalize that free speech and substitute his own interpretation. that is viewpoint discrimination. it is what is specifically under the law not permitted. and mr. hur, you, tonight, made it very clear that y
, i read you the law earlier. we are talking about constitutionally protected politically free speech. mr. st. croix takes that free speech out of the official record, appends it somewhere else and in the place of where it lawfully should appear. substitute his approved censored version of our comments, anyone can read these minutes and see that what i said and what mr. st. croix says that i said are not the same. i am censored as are other members of the public. i continue this... to continue...
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there would have been no additional rps purchases needed to comply with the law. the calendar year we're in right now, 2012 is more of a dry year. and we have some plant outages. we project that we will need to procure rps resources to meet the acts requirements. they will be small so they're going to be under the 5% of retail sales limit. we're forecasting each month to monitor and evaluate the need. we expect we will need to procure renewable energy credits equivalent to 50,000 megawatt hours before january 1st, 2013. -- to comply with this law * . we expect that will cost us about $50,000. the act also allows for cost limitations, as i mentioned, if exceptions. the exceptions briefly are that our obligation is capped at the same level as other publicly owned utilities. so, for example, the requirement for publicly owned utilities is 20% of your retail sales need to be met by rps compliant resources. in 2012 that rises to 33% by 2020. we may delay compliance due to circumstances beyond our control, and we may adopt a cost limitation. so, putting the cap and the
there would have been no additional rps purchases needed to comply with the law. the calendar year we're in right now, 2012 is more of a dry year. and we have some plant outages. we project that we will need to procure rps resources to meet the acts requirements. they will be small so they're going to be under the 5% of retail sales limit. we're forecasting each month to monitor and evaluate the need. we expect we will need to procure renewable energy credits equivalent to 50,000 megawatt hours...
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of them use a different type of system a different type of voting system each of them have different laws different vulnerabilities one particular company that makes electronic voting machines in the us has earned a dubious reputation for unverifiable results as records vanish into thin air i go to an a.t.m. and it's a debug machine i get a confirmation slip and i go around the corner to vote and i you know make my vote and there's no record other voter machine production companies are also known to have strong partisan affiliations they are not accountable to any voters. they are not just private but private and extreme in their political sympathies democrats don't actually win that many elections to be precise democrats almost never win close elections and the trick therefore is to see to it that a race is or looks close improving the election process in this digital age doesn't appear to be on anyone's agenda including barack obama's our president who won't talk ever about election fraud and denies that it has ever happened even when you know members of his own party have been the vict
of them use a different type of system a different type of voting system each of them have different laws different vulnerabilities one particular company that makes electronic voting machines in the us has earned a dubious reputation for unverifiable results as records vanish into thin air i go to an a.t.m. and it's a debug machine i get a confirmation slip and i go around the corner to vote and i you know make my vote and there's no record other voter machine production companies are also...
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was in the us the rule of law only goes as far as the supreme court allows it in guantanamo bay as a long way from home coming up we'll tell you how the government is making up laws as it goes along and breaking its own rules as it sees fit. it's thursday november first i am liz wall and you're watching r t. well cities along the east coast today continuing to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of hurricane sandy this oracle storm has caused massive destruction to u.s. infrastructure it's projected to cost tens of billions of dollars and now homeland security is using sandy as proof that the u.s. needs to be thought cybersecurity protections homeland security janet napolitano said yesterday quote if you think that a critical systems attack that takes down the utility even for a few hours is not serious just look at what is happening now that mother nature has taken out those utilities so is superstorm sandy indeed proof that the u.s. infrastructure is a vulnerable to cyber attacks to discuss this and more are two where producer andrew blake joined us earlier today i asked him if it
was in the us the rule of law only goes as far as the supreme court allows it in guantanamo bay as a long way from home coming up we'll tell you how the government is making up laws as it goes along and breaking its own rules as it sees fit. it's thursday november first i am liz wall and you're watching r t. well cities along the east coast today continuing to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of hurricane sandy this oracle storm has caused massive destruction to u.s. infrastructure it's...
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than it does to comply with the law and our job as employment lawyers working with people who come to us is to help make these laws something that can be enforced so when the clubs get it and frankly it's going to take a while because this business model has been in place for a long time it's been very successful for these clubs when they get it they're going to start paying these women according to at least a sub minimum wage they can do it other ways but at least the sub minimum wage that you referenced earlier talk a little bit about you know how this works i mean if you go and apply here you're told that these are the rolls take them or leave that's correct what happened in the case we filed in d.c. where we had a federal judge rule in our favor and find as a matter of law that these women were employees what she found was it didn't matter what the agree what the private agreement may have been between the club and these women in other words you can't subvert the federal fair labor standards act that's a law that requires a minimum wage for all employees so you can say listen you
than it does to comply with the law and our job as employment lawyers working with people who come to us is to help make these laws something that can be enforced so when the clubs get it and frankly it's going to take a while because this business model has been in place for a long time it's been very successful for these clubs when they get it they're going to start paying these women according to at least a sub minimum wage they can do it other ways but at least the sub minimum wage that you...
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greek reporter and editor cost of oxygen it says g on trial thursday charged with breaching privacy laws this after the paper published the so-called lagarde list containing the names a wealthy greeks with secret swiss bank accounts r.t. contributor irene is a could do to explain. they'll use that tension between their relationship with government and the journalists let couple days ago we saw that mr vaxevanis who is a hope you are journalist the investigative journalist in greece was arrested because he was a keep out of the guard least the way to gold with more than two thousand greek people who have money in debt was it's a nice recent bank this least it is sad that it was given to this then the finance minister mr up on sunday no but he never gave it gave it to the government to the responsible to the responsible people to investigate what's going on so mr vaxevanis sung that police and decided to cobble seats and he was arrested for that reason so government was blamed for a sensor see it because it is not possible to have any information for example and not been published many jou
greek reporter and editor cost of oxygen it says g on trial thursday charged with breaching privacy laws this after the paper published the so-called lagarde list containing the names a wealthy greeks with secret swiss bank accounts r.t. contributor irene is a could do to explain. they'll use that tension between their relationship with government and the journalists let couple days ago we saw that mr vaxevanis who is a hope you are journalist the investigative journalist in greece was arrested...
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here by the city of law by the bay, [speaker not understood] the animals, almighty say. free them all the mother of boycotts president bradford bell the call. -- be the call. i tell you, i love you all and [speaker not understood] is going to toss you off the golden gate bridge, i wouldn't allow it not unless you have life jackets. regarding the giantsv, the story of the day is pitcher who was speaking on behalf of human trafficking in palo alto in two days. and let me touch upon sheriff mirkarimi, he's been given a reprieve so i would encourage you to see [speaker not understood] any negatives and allow him and help him so that he may now be involved in with the second opportunity to clear the case of kevin cohen. for myself and ted gunderson, we were the guardian, we gave them the information can they refuse to print it. we have dan noyes an investigative reporter for kgo that refuses to investigate. he's disregarded all the information he's been given over the last year and a half and he wants to do something with some secondhand information from somebody in san quint
here by the city of law by the bay, [speaker not understood] the animals, almighty say. free them all the mother of boycotts president bradford bell the call. -- be the call. i tell you, i love you all and [speaker not understood] is going to toss you off the golden gate bridge, i wouldn't allow it not unless you have life jackets. regarding the giantsv, the story of the day is pitcher who was speaking on behalf of human trafficking in palo alto in two days. and let me touch upon sheriff...
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it is the end of a german car law from athens me see those from the athens news agency thank you the . funding for the european union has sparked a rebellion in the british parliament prime minister david cameron's own conservative backbenchers dealt him the worst a defeat since he took power in two thousand and ten euro skeptic tories joined forces with the opposition and voted for cutting the u.k.'s cash flow to brussels r.t. sarah for of has the details. well the most significant defeat full the government since they came to power we saw two m.p.'s standing alongside labor calling for real time cuts to the budget now those negotiations all of that budget are going to take place in brussels later on this month as prime minister david cameron has been calling on his party to stand with him in his approach to these negotiations that he's been trooping about a rise in line with inflation which would have been at about eighty percent the government today very much trying to downplay that defeat saying of kools they're going to be fighting for britain's best interests clearly many membe
it is the end of a german car law from athens me see those from the athens news agency thank you the . funding for the european union has sparked a rebellion in the british parliament prime minister david cameron's own conservative backbenchers dealt him the worst a defeat since he took power in two thousand and ten euro skeptic tories joined forces with the opposition and voted for cutting the u.k.'s cash flow to brussels r.t. sarah for of has the details. well the most significant defeat full...
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lot of the local law here actually over the past. three shows were peaceful very peaceful not the senior. has been out there the greater and all the peaceful was of course attacked by the government police the problem is that over the past few months or so many people who were killed by the government. also lots of people of the culture in the jeans and there is no nothing being done against the government has received five billion dollar just recently from the go on to use just to support it in this atrocity is really actually the way it is doing just stupidity that money all over the world in the public relations is just to clear. to try its image why it is shooting its people. for an army actually from pakistan from all over the world has or has once again stepped up its anti around right iraq prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been pushing for more outside pressure to stifle its atomic ambitions during a visit to france the premier called for tougher sanctions on the islamic republic that's despite the israeli defense minister
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the law is such that once a seller sells a product the purchaser has the right to resell the product this is known as first sale doctrine meaning the product manufacturer only has control of the first sale of the product well that's pretty straightforward right well the case gets a little messy because the lower courts say that this rule doesn't apply if the goods are produced overseas this is why the supreme court's decision will be so important that the position is taken by the lower courts as upheld what would happen a textbook retailers and more broadly what would that mean for selling secondhand products on e bay or even at a yard sale yes i think we can all agree that this guy was into some shady business but by appealing to the supreme court this case has all the potential of becoming a dangerously slippery slope here sue pops lawyers argue that by allowing copyright holders like john wiley and sons to sue over the importation of second hand goods would give them an endless eternal downstream control over the sales and rentals and added that would actually give companies an in
the law is such that once a seller sells a product the purchaser has the right to resell the product this is known as first sale doctrine meaning the product manufacturer only has control of the first sale of the product well that's pretty straightforward right well the case gets a little messy because the lower courts say that this rule doesn't apply if the goods are produced overseas this is why the supreme court's decision will be so important that the position is taken by the lower courts...
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sean thomas a new internet laws come into effect here in russia and the government to shut down and web sites potentially harmful to children early this year a number of the country's most popular websites spoke out against the plan that could pave the way for online censorship going off scott the details well an online registry which is going to contain the list of banned websites is already operating in the purpose of the law is to protect children from potentially harmful information on the internet and the way it works is monitor the web and if you find things like instructions how to. make weapons or propaganda or force. this website is recommended to take this information down if it doesn't then its host is recommended to do the same and if it be enforced. online then the website is put on this list in this registry is blocked and remains blocked until the information is taken down the reaction on the floor has been mixed while there are those who believe that it could actually help protect children role but also those who believe that it will be used to censor the internet but ne
sean thomas a new internet laws come into effect here in russia and the government to shut down and web sites potentially harmful to children early this year a number of the country's most popular websites spoke out against the plan that could pave the way for online censorship going off scott the details well an online registry which is going to contain the list of banned websites is already operating in the purpose of the law is to protect children from potentially harmful information on the...
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who believe that it will be used to censor the internet but needless to say similar child protection laws are not something which was created here in russia it's a widespread practice over the wall for a look at europe then there is some very tough legislation especially in some scandinavian countries with punishments going all the way up to jail sentences if we look at the united states then there is the controversial law which prohibits children under thirteen from using search engines like google and g. mail so this has been causing quite a lot of criticism as well while here in russia we're talking about temporary measures because like i said these blocked websites could be unblocked if the information is taken down there's also always the possibility of taking these cases to court which could also with the band set by the authorities. russian businessman plot on libya who was jailed for his involvement in russia's infamous yuko scandal has had his prison term for corruption reduced by three years he will walk free next july labor day it was the business partner of former oil tycoon c
who believe that it will be used to censor the internet but needless to say similar child protection laws are not something which was created here in russia it's a widespread practice over the wall for a look at europe then there is some very tough legislation especially in some scandinavian countries with punishments going all the way up to jail sentences if we look at the united states then there is the controversial law which prohibits children under thirteen from using search engines like...
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my case, sunshine case, that found supervisors wiener, colen, chiu and mar and they broke the state law and that is why this case is in court. they shut down sunshine and the retaliation was so strong i was evicted from my home and because i was raised right i would do it over again, and once i am elected one of the law enforcement officials will swear me in. >> i am mr. garcia and have the diseepest experience of anyone. i have many years and seven years as an educators and taught there and president of board of ethics and board of appeals and 25 years of experience in doing service to the neighborhood. i am supported by the incumbent and scott wiener and others and i want very bad to be your supervisor and i am asking for your support and there's give me your vote on november 6. thank you. >> hi. i am joel io and i am running for supervisor and they have a way of looking at the happy meals but can't fill pot holes. where is the common sense? and many paid twice to fill the pot holes and where is the accountability of our money? so if you're tired of your house being the city's atm, if
my case, sunshine case, that found supervisors wiener, colen, chiu and mar and they broke the state law and that is why this case is in court. they shut down sunshine and the retaliation was so strong i was evicted from my home and because i was raised right i would do it over again, and once i am elected one of the law enforcement officials will swear me in. >> i am mr. garcia and have the diseepest experience of anyone. i have many years and seven years as an educators and taught there...
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did his friends forced their way into the bride's house and broke the law. the elders disapproved insisting that the kid no tradition had not been upheld. grandfather. does nothing like a simply elder. one of the most revered traditions is that of presenting gifts at a wedding ceremony each guest is supposed to bring a traditional how to and a scarf for the lady one of the gifts can be put to any practical use. completeness nothing but. we are going to keep all that in the chest when. we in turn will take away the gifts presented to us. people know that. they will take the gifts out of the chest and. we don't need those things a tool by presenting gifts is a tradition something we can do without. in traditional. transactions a love match a bride price can be as high as four thousand dollars making abduction of a much cheaper alternative. if you're. paying bright price is a different story then it's an all out bargain if you want to throw a plush wedding more than three thousand dollars in the event. the cost comes down to about fifteen hundred. the district
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we talk with marcia coyle of the national law journal. >> woodruff: and spencer michels looks at the complaints about apple's maps and the high stakes for those trying to come up with something better. >> the battle over digital map making indicates how crucial ts fielhas become and it could bode well for consumers as the maps get better. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this proam was me possible by the corpotion for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the u.s. death toll from the giant storm named sandy has risen to at least 63 today. about 6.5 million homes and businesses are still without electricity though there were signs of daily life returning to its usual rhythm in some places. a familiar sound returned to lower manhattan streets last night. ( horns honking ) the power did not. p
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it's against the law to donate that much money for one single issue. new details 18 shark attack off the coast of eureka. the victim of yesterday's attack is speaking out about his ordeal. the 25-year-old was surfing when a shark bit him and pulled him under water. he says he punched the shark in the head until it let go. he suffered deep cuts but was able to paddle back to shore. he thanked the doctors and his friends who kept him from bleeding to death. the surfer added that the experience won't keep him from get back on his board and going surfing again. >> let's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. this is prime halloween hours. >> i know. it's good for some of you and not so good for others. we're going to track this halloween storm coming up. we have areas of moderate rainfall coming down throughout parts of the north bay. it was also cold, we're at 67 in santa rosa, 66 in livermore, 64 in san jose. one of the coldest, los gads. what we're finding is the cold front across northern california, over santa rosa. no hope of this letting up.
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and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care law. ♪ medicare open enrollment. now's the time. visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare. ♪ >> new report raising doubts whether the afghan government will be ready for withdraw of troops in 2014. the afghan government will likely be incapable of sustaining national facilities after the transition in 2014. and the expected decrease in u.s. and coalition support. molly henneberg has read the report and is live from our d.c. newsroom with more on this not surprising development. molly? are you there? >> shep, one glaring problem according to the report is that many afghan soldiers and contractors are illiterate and can't read manuals and blueprints for fittings. the inspector general writes looming problems include quote lack of sufficient numbers and quality of personnel as well as undeveloped budgeting, procurement beings and lo guess particular -- logistic funding. afghan national security forces facilities, particularly police facilities are at risk of being wasted. we're talking about at least 11.7 billion u.s
and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care law. ♪ medicare open enrollment. now's the time. visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare. ♪ >> new report raising doubts whether the afghan government will be ready for withdraw of troops in 2014. the afghan government will likely be incapable of sustaining national facilities after the transition in 2014. and the expected decrease in u.s. and coalition support. molly henneberg has read the report and is live from...